Plow attachment.



B. A. MORRIS.

. PLOW ATTACHMENT.

APPLIOA'IIOH FILED JAN. 22, 1910.

976,677. I 7 Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

ATTORNEYS ERIE PETERS 0a., WASHINGTON, 4: c4

UNITED STATE PATENT @FFIQE.

BOAZ ALBERT MORRIS, OF NEWBERN, NORTH CAROLINA.

PLOW ATTACHMENT.

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Application filed. January 22, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BOAZ ALBERT Morris, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Newbern, in the county of Craven and State of NorthCarolina, have made certain new and useful Improvements in PlowAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to gage attachments for plows, and it consists inthe combinations, constructions and arrangement of parts hereindescribed and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a gage which may be attached toa. plow to be operated on either side of the plow as required to enablethe operator of the plow to make straight or regular rows or furrows.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple device which maybe readily attached to any form of plow and which may be moved from oneside to the other with ease.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

My invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 shows a plow with my gage attachment secured thereto: Fig. 2 shows theadjustable gage arm, and Fig. 8 shows the supports for the gage arm.

In carrying out my invention I provide a gage arm like that shown inFig. 2 consisting of a bar 1 bent back upon itself at 2 at one end, andhaving a lateral bend 3 at the other end. The latter is provided with ahole 8. An L-shaped arm 4 is provided with a slot L for the reception ofthe bolt 3 and may be adjustably secured to the bent portion 3. Themember 4 bears on axle 5 and collar 5. The axle is threaded at its endsto receive a nut 6.

The gage arm support consists of abar 7 having an inverted U-shaped bend8 at its center and being provided with the upwardly extending arms 9and 9 at one end and 10 and 10 at the other. In the central portion ofthe U-shaped bend is an elongated eye 11.

The parts are assembled as shown in Fig.- 1. In this figure it will beobserved that Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 19101 Serial N0. 539,486.

the U-shaped bend 8 of the arm 7 fits over the plow beam 12, beingsecured thereto in any suitable manner. The bent portion 2 of theadjustable arm 1 passes through the eye 11 and is held by means of thebolts 13, which are secured each side of the eye in the openings 14 (seeFig. 2). The arm 1 passes between the arms 10 and 10 and is supported onits outer edge by the wheel 15.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device theoperation thereof may be readily understood. The first furrow is madeinthe ordinary manner, and the second furrow may be gaged by theattachment by placing the wheel 15 in the first furrow and securing thearm 1 to the eye 11 by means of the bolts 13, in the manner alreadydescribed. As the plow is drawn forward the wheel 15 is kept in thefirst furrow, and the result is that the next furrow is parallel to thefirst one. The third furrow is gaged by the second one and each furrowthereafter is gaged in a similar manner. The wheel 15 may be attached onthe other side of the plow, the arm 1 then pass ing between the arms 9and 9 as indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 1. This is accomplishedby lifting the bar 1 from the support and turning on the pivoted eye 1.1to the support on the other side.

The use of the device described above will. insure the proper locationof the furrows with very little care on the part of the plowman.

I claim In a gage attachment for plows, a. laterally extending armsecured to the plow beam, a pair of upwardly extending arms secured atthe extremity of said laterally eX- tending arms, an eye secured to saidplow beam, a gage arm having a portion bent back upon itself andarranged to enter said eye, means for adjustably securing said gage armto said eye, said gage arm being arranged to pass between said upwardlyeX- tending arms, and a gage wheel secured to the outer end of said gagearm.

BOAZ ALBERT MORRIS.

lVitnesses J. A. PATTERSON, A. J. GASKINS.

